Farming in Where Winds Meet runs through the Homestead, your personal plot of land where you tend crops from seed to harvest. The cycle is the same one any planter follows. You sow, you keep the soil watered, you wait for the plant to mature, and then you collect what grew. Knowing where that farmland lives and how each step fits together is the fastest way to keep a steady supply of crops coming in.
Quick answer: Plant seeds on the farmland tied to your Homestead, water each planted tile while the crop is growing, then interact with the fully grown plant to harvest it.
Where the farmland is
Crop growing is part of the Homestead System rather than something you do anywhere in the open world. Your farmland is the planting space attached to that property, so you manage it from there instead of along random roadside fields. Set up your Homestead first, and the plots become available for sowing.
The open world does feature working crop fields, too, but those belong to villagers and quests rather than to you. The farmland southwest of the Ever-Normal Granary in the Granary of Plenty region, for example, is where you find Zhang Tiemeng harvesting wheat. That is set dressing and a quest location, not a plot you farm yourself.
The planting, watering, and harvest cycle
Note: You only need to keep up the watering during the growth window. Once a crop is fully grown, the next action is harvesting, not more watering.
Crop fields tied to quests
The crop fields near Kaifeng connect to a Wandering Tale called When the Crops Speak. You start it by talking to the farmer harvesting in the fields southwest of the Ever-Normal Granary Boundary Stone, in the Granary of Plenty region. He believes the crops are speaking to him because of a curse.
To work through it, pick up the Peace Talisman from the stack of wheat behind him and hand it over, then find its owner, Qi Songyan, northwest of the same boundary stone to wrap up the conversation. Completing the tale pays out the following.
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Echo Jade | 20 |
| Kaifeng Exploration | 10 |
| Character EXP | 1,500 |
| Coins | 1,500 |
Between the Homestead plots you tend yourself and the quest fields scattered across the regions, the loop stays simple. Plant, keep the soil watered until the crop matures, and harvest when it is ready, and your farmland will keep producing.
